To filibuster or not? Attack her liberal record and statements away from the bench or perhaps concentrate on specific decisions like Ricci or Didden?

But the question of whether to filibuster the nomination by trying to coax a couple of Democrats to cross...]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 And what of the Democrats and their equally sudden metamorphosis from earmark crazy gigolos, bedding down any lobbyist who winks in their direction, to warriors for safeguarding the taxpayers' money? Admittedly, the Democrats have a much harder sell given the blatant and sometimes comical fraud they are trying to perpetrate on a public scared out of its gourd by a president whose hyperbole and predictions of "catastrophe" if the bill is not passed immediately is matched only by his cynical refutation of any semblance of the "bi-partisanship" he so blithely promised to bring to Washington during the campaign. No...]]> Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600 This thought was buttressed by what I witnessed as I made my way through the gigantic crowd. At least seven out of ten Obama supporters who were reveling in his coming victory were under the age of 30 -- and that's a conservative estimate. None of these people were even alive when Vietnam, Watergate, assassinations, and riots cleaved us in two, ripping the fabric of our national polity asunder and opening a chasm between the two sides that may -- just may -- have begun to close with Obama's victory last night.

That remains to be seen. But there is little doubt that the potential for some kind of healing has presented itself with the election of Barack Obama as president. He is not...]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500